RIVER RUNNERS FOR WILDERNESS v. MARTIN

No. 08-15112.

574 F.3d 723 (2009)

RIVER RUNNERS FOR WILDERNESS; Rock The Earth; Wilderness Watch; Living Rivers, nonprofit corporations, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Stephen P. MARTIN, in his official capacity as Superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park; Director of National Park Service; National Park Service; Kenneth L. Salazar, in his official capacity as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior; United States Department of Interior; Diane J. Humetewa; Eric H. Holder Jr., Defendants-Appellees, Grand Canyon River Outfitters Association; Grand Canyon Private Boaters Association, Defendant-Intervenors-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 21, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia A. Olson, Wild Earth Advocates, Eugene, OR and Matthew K. Bishop, Western Environmental Law Center, Helena, MT, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Charles R. Scott, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Federal appellees.

Sam Kalen, Van Ness Feldman, PC, Washington, DC, for defendant-intervenor-appellee Grand Canyon River Outfitters Association.

Lori Potter, Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP, Denver, CO, for defendant-intervenor-appellee Grand Canyon Private Boaters Association.

Before: PROCTER HUG, JR., B. FLETCHER and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The National Park Service entered a decision adopting a 2006 Colorado River Management Plan that the Plaintiff-Appellants contend is unlawful. They sought to have that decision set aside by the district court as arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act. The district court granted summary judgment to all defendants. We review the district court's decision de novo. Pit River Tribe v. U.S. Forest Serv., 469 F...

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